Lakers held private workout for Arenas

[kblo247]

Thought I should pass this along because I doubt his doctor would advertise a failure:

Three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas recently underwent the same regenerative blood spinning treatments on his knees that the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant and Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez went through. According to sources close to the situation, he has worked his way into shape and is feeling better than he has in years after having the injections, now popularly referred to in the media as “Kobe Therapy”. Arenas also had the procedure done on his hips as a preemptive measure that is often used on athletes who, like Arenas, have a history of knee problems.

Arenas conducted a workout in the Los Angeles area Sunday that was attended by Lakers officials. He could become a well-timed addition for a Lakers team badly in need of scoring help and guard depth.

The Orthohealing Center is proud to be a world leader in the field of regenerative medicine, offering Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injections for a wide array of injuries to both elite athletes and people with pain that just won’t go away.

http://www.orthohealing.com/2012/02/13/ ... s-angeles/

[Edrees]

Hopefully Hibachi mamba is on his way

[snaquille oatmeal]

this made laugh

Fisher on Arenas

Lakers guard Derek Fisher hardly sounded thrilled to discuss the notion that the Lakers need backcourt help partly because of his meager contributions (5.1 points, 35.4% shooting).

"We're focused on the guys we have in our locker room," Fisher said. "We know there are certain things that are part of our business, but we deal with it as we go. For now, we're trying to build the chemistry and cohesiveness we need on the team to go out and win."

[Kilroy]

this made laugh

Fisher on Arenas

Lakers guard Derek Fisher hardly sounded thrilled to discuss the notion that the Lakers need backcourt help partly because of his meager contributions (5.1 points, 35.4% shooting).

"We're focused on the guys we have in our locker room," Fisher said. "We know there are certain things that are part of our business, but we deal with it as we go. For now, we're trying to build the chemistry and cohesiveness we need on the team to go out and win."

They're also building a brick s***house with their impeccable shooting touch...

He mad.

[wilhelmthe1st]

this made laugh

Fisher on Arenas

Lakers guard Derek Fisher hardly sounded thrilled to discuss the notion that the Lakers need backcourt help partly because of his meager contributions (5.1 points, 35.4% shooting).

"We're focused on the guys we have in our locker room," Fisher said. "We know there are certain things that are part of our business, but we deal with it as we go. For now, we're trying to build the chemistry and cohesiveness we need on the team to go out and win."

They're also building a brick s***house with their impeccable shooting touch...

He mad.

Absolutely.

I really hope the Lakers at least do SOMETHING. If it's not Arenas, or Iverson, or Sessions, or Smush, or Nash, or Jose, or Flynn, at least do SOMETHING.

[moonpie]

Adande on ESPN said that Arenas would likely be a Laker by the all star break.

[RocketPower23]

Why so long, sign him now damnit! Unless we somehow get J.R.

[kblo247]

Did anyone watch NBA coast to coast on espn?

They interviewed Adande previewing the Lakers Hawks game and he mentioned that Arenas is all systems go and he will sign after the all star break. He went home until then to get ready.

Take it for what it's worth, but that is what was said. And y'all know I ain't got time to bs you

[maus_gm]

I'm worry about how Arenas will integrate in the team. Sessions or Calderon would be a quite more secure option in that sense. Anyway, whoever comes will be better for the team than starting with Fisher.

[kblo247]

^ I'll co-sign the starting PG part, but I think people are discounting Fish if they don't see that he would be the best reserve SG on the team. Kapono, Blake, and Goudelock all can't guard the spot because they lack the strength to offset the size difference which makes the exploitable (Blake and Goud) and the speed or fundamentals on D (Kapono). In a traditional offense, Fish's best spot is SG, Sloan saw it, and used him as just that and had him defend them all the way to the WCF in Utah

[The Skyhook]

this made laugh

Fisher on Arenas

Lakers guard Derek Fisher hardly sounded thrilled to discuss the notion that the Lakers need backcourt help partly because of his meager contributions (5.1 points, 35.4% shooting).

"We're focused on the guys we have in our locker room," Fisher said. "We know there are certain things that are part of our business, but we deal with it as we go. For now, we're trying to build the chemistry and cohesiveness we need on the team to go out and win."

Fisher scared his job might be in jeopardy.

[mrspree15]

I said this off-board before, I don't think Arenas will help the Lakers because he's a crappy spot-up shooter, but he literally can't hurt them. It's not like they don't already fill the crazy-idiot quota with MWP on the roster and having a second perimeter creator couldn't really hurt. And if Arenas does somehow develop himself as a spot-up shooter, then it's a win. Kind of low-ish risk, moderate to high reward.

Agree w/ this. He probably won't have the ball enough to hurt them. You could find better spot-up options, but he might just be ok enough, if last year was flukily bad. And he wasn't teeeerrrrible running the PnR last year.

Arenas video breakdown:
http://somebasketballthings.wordpress.c ... ers-plans/

[laduane1]

Well GA flew home within a day of practice to Flordia. That tells me he is not in game shape and really wanted to go home. So I would say he is not an option.

[doozyj]

this made laugh

Fisher on Arenas

Lakers guard Derek Fisher hardly sounded thrilled to discuss the notion that the Lakers need backcourt help partly because of his meager contributions (5.1 points, 35.4% shooting).

"We're focused on the guys we have in our locker room," Fisher said. "We know there are certain things that are part of our business, but we deal with it as we go. For now, we're trying to build the chemistry and cohesiveness we need on the team to go out and win."

Yeah, Fisher is dillusional.

[Dagameplaya PnG]

I don't see anything wrong with what Fish said. All he's saying is they're focusing on what needs to be done with the guys they have now, and if somebody new comes in later, so be it. That's how I took it anyway.

[7-Day Dray]

Some clips from a workout:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th3oL_cmCmk&context=C360621eADOEgsToPDskLDtHH5Ef1JSvYqif7FLTZ-[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQviDsee6EU&feature=context&context=C360621eADOEgsToPDskLDtHH5Ef1JSvYqif7FLTZ-[/youtube]

[ROballer]

An interview with Arenas

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/w ... index.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/w ... index.html

Some things:

SI.com: Tell me about the platelet-rich therapy you underwent in early January.

Arenas: I had the procedure done on my knees and hips in New York because I kept hearing how much better Kobe [Bryant] felt [the Lakers' 33-year-old guard had it done on his right knee last October]. So I did my research into it, called the people in Germany and they told me what the process was and what it targeted -- arthritis, achiness -- and that's what I was dealing with. So I ended up having the procedure.

By the second shot, I was feeling 10 times better, so I ended up getting six shots and I actually did both of my knees because basically I was favoring one side of the leg for the last couple of years [because of three knee surgeries]. It was six days, every day. And then I came back a week later and had my hips done.

I'm not going to lie, I feel so much better. I'm jumping and moving like before I got injured, like it's basically '06 again. My explosiveness, my jumping ability, my quickness -- it feels like I never got injured. I can see why he's out there doing what he's doing at his age.

SI.com: So where did you leave things with the Lakers after your workout?

Arenas: That was kind of weird, the situation. I was actually training in New York, and my agent, Dan Fegan, told me to come out and work out for the Lakers. My whole thing is, I don't want to play for anybody until I'm finished rehabbing and finished doing what I need to do, so that's not going to happen until at least All-Star break. So I decided, Well, I'll just go out there and work out.

SI.com: Are we definitely going to see you again, or is there part of you that's just testing the waters?

Arenas: I look at it like this: Everybody has to be on the same page of wanting me. Because it's like everyone wants to say, "Oh, well he's a locker-room cancer." Well, I've been in the NBA for 10 years, and I had one incident in a locker room and now I'm a locker-room cancer? I'd never got in an argument before, never got in a fistfight.

But if someone picks me up, I want them to be happy about it. I don't want them to be like, ''Oh, man, he's going to come in here and do this and that." That never works. If you don't want the person there, you shouldn't bring them in.

My ex-coach Phil Hubbard [former Wizards assistant] and Eric Musselman [Arenas' former coach with the Warriors] called me to come to the D-League [where they coach the Lakers' affiliate]. I said, "Well, after the All-Star break, once I'm ready to go, sure, I'll come play. I'll come out there and break all the D-Leaguer ankles."

It's basketball, man. You've just got to enjoy it.

Basically he says he isn't rushing things and wants to come back around the All-star break

[DEEP3CL]

"When I got amnestied, I was told by my mentor [Magic general manager Otis Smith] to do a couple things before I decided to get back to the NBA, and that was clear my mind, get my thoughts together and get myself healthy," said Arenas. "That's what I've been doing, getting healthy. I didn't like the product I put out last year and the only thing you can do about that is just get it better."

Arenas felt like he had been unfairly painted in a negative light in the past, but he realizes he can't control that.

"I decided I'm not here to prove anybody wrong anymore. I'm just here to prove myself right. I'm not here to chase the money, to chase stats. Now what you have is a basketball player who's ready to play, and that's what people don't understand. Like on Sept. 1, when I shut my Twitter down, this is the first time you're hearing from me, because I let everything go. Who I am is what you don't hear. When you don't hear me, I'm living my life -- quiet, I don't get in trouble, don't drink, don't smoke. But if you ask anybody else, I'm just this -- what would they call me? -- problem child. Somebody who gets in trouble all the time.

"I don't pay attention anymore. But right now, you have a basketball player. I work out two times a day, every day. I watch tape. I play basketball. If I don't play in the NBA, I'm playing at the YMCA and I'm just as happy."

Sounds like a man ready to ball, sounds like a man that's hungry....which is what we need. If this doesn't get done something is wrong in our house.

[tugs]

he's saying the right words. time to see what he can do.

[nate44]

He knows this is his last chance. He's gonna be a great pickup for whoever ends up pulling the trigger